. A voyage round the world [microform] : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon : dedicated, by permission to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages round the world; Botany; Botanique. NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA. H7 hrn when we left the coaft lafl: year. At lo o'clock. Woody ,787. 1 oint bore North by Ea(l 7 leagues diftant, our latitude at noon ^'^ult. was .19 deg. 30 mm. and the longitude 128 dcg. 10 min. Weft. ' ' From this to the 12th. we had a freHi ftcady breeze at No
. A voyage round the world [microform] : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon : dedicated, by permission to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages round the world; Botany; Botanique. NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA. H7 hrn when we left the coaft lafl: year. At lo o'clock. Woody ,787. 1 oint bore North by Ea(l 7 leagues diftant, our latitude at noon ^'^ult. was .19 deg. 30 mm. and the longitude 128 dcg. 10 min. Weft. ' ' From this to the 12th. we had a freHi ftcady breeze at North Weft, with moderate weather. Our latitude at noon on the 12th. VN.|M4 deg. 22 min. North; and 131 deg. 59 min. Wert longi- From the 12th to the 15th, we had chiefly light variable winds, with calms by turns. Early in the morning of the 16th, a frefh breeze agani iprung up at North North Wert. Our latitude at noon was 41 deg. 41 min. and the longitude by lunar obfervation 131 deg. Wert. ' For fome days part, we had fccn an innumerable of curious animal and vegetable fubilances floating on the water, called by lailors, Portugucze men of war; the bottom part is about two inches long, oval, and of a purple colour; the upper part is quite thm and expanded, nearly in the /liape of a fan. We found the variation of the compafs here 16 dcg. 16 min. Earterly. Our atitude at noon on the 17th, was 40 deg. 8 min. North; and the longitude 133 deg. 26 min. Weft. The wind hauled gradually to the Northward and Eart ward and by the 2irt we migiit be faid to have a regular North Eart trade • our latitude at noon x^as 34 dcg. 28 min. North; and the longitude by lunar obfervation 136 dcg. 20 min. Wert. The wind'conlinucd preityconrtantat Ncrtli-Eaft, aud the weather in general moderate and 4 On. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not pe
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